Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--zygote

What does --zygote do?

Causes the process to run as a zygote.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --zygote using CLI

chrome --zygote

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --zygote using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--zygote']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --zygote using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--zygote']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --zygote using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--zygote')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK